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Latest PsySR News

Melis Uluğ of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with input from PsySR member Serdar Değirmencioğlu, has conducted an interview with an academic on trial in Turkey for signing a peace petition. Academics for Peace are calling for solidarity and support. Read the Interview »

PsySR has issued a statement opposing the exchange of inflammatory rhetoric between the U.S. and North Korea and calling for progress towards nuclear disarmament. Read the Statement »

PsySR has issued a statement in support of the Earth Day (April 22nd) March for Science in cities around the world. Read the Statement »

PsySR has issued a statement expressing our commitment to the right to comprehensive rehabilitative services for torture survivors, including current and former Guantanamo detainees. Read the Statement »

PsySR has issued a statement in support of the Standing Rock Sioux and their campaign of nonviolent resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.Read the Statement »

PsySR has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Army expressing deep concern over a recent ruling that
subjects PFC Chelsea Manning to punitive solitary confinement for her suicide attempt earlier this year.Read the Letter »

PsySR has issued a statement in support of crucial post-Hoffman reform efforts at the American Psychological Association.Read the Statement »

PsySR has issued a statement on the connection between issues of racial injustice in the U.S. criminal justice system and torture and other human rights concerns.Read the Statement »

In coalition with other groups, PsySR has presented APA leaders with a set of preliminary recommendations related to human rights and psychological ethics in national security settings.Read the Recommendations »

PsySR has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey protesting mistreatment of scholars advocating for peace and negotiations. Read the Letter »

PsySR has sent a letter to the APA Board calling for changes to the Association's interim CEO search process. Read the Letter »

PsySR has issued a statement supporting the Iran Nuclear Deal currently under consideration in Congress. Read the Statement »

PsySR President Yosef Brody has published a letter in The New Yorker explaining why, despite assurances by US leaders that it has ended, authorization for torture continues under President Obama.
Read the Letter »

PsySR has issued a statement in response to the release of the Hoffman Report on APA collusion. Read the Statement »

PsySR has issued a statement calling for accountability and reform in response to new revelations of APA-CIA collusion. Read the Statement »

PsySR President Yosef Brody's letter about the American Psychological Association's reported support for the CIA's torturous interrogation program has been published in the New York Times.Read the Letter »

PsySR's President Yosef Brody has issued a statement in response to the release of the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Read the Statement »

PsySR has issued a statement expressing sympathy and support for those saddened and outraged by recent events in Ferguson, Missouri. Read the Statement »